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Masaya Volcano Tour: Lava Views & Laguna Swim
4.2
16 Ratings
La Laguna de Apoyo
Embark on a thrilling night tour of Masaya Volcano, where you’ll explore its historic significance and witness the stunning lava backdrop. Capture breathtaking photos and experience the thrill of standing by the crater’s edge.
Embark on a thrilling night tour of Masaya Volcano, where you’ll explore its historic significance and witness the stunning lava backdrop. Capture breathtaking photos and experience the thrill of standing by the crater’s edge.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- La Laguna de Apoyo - Experience a peaceful retreat with friends or enjoy some solitude at Laguna Beach in Laguna de Apoyo. This natural reserve offers a wonderful day pass experience where you can swim and kayak. Additionally, there are restaurants available, and you might spot monkeys and birds.
- Masaya Volcano National Park - After departing…
- La Laguna de Apoyo - Experience a peaceful retreat with friends or enjoy some solitude at Laguna Beach in Laguna de Apoyo. This natural reserve offers a wonderful day pass experience where you can swim and kayak. Additionally, there are restaurants available, and you might spot monkeys and birds.
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Masaya Volcano National Park - After departing from Apoyo Lagoon, you will be driven to the national park. Your first stop will be at the visitor center, where you can learn about the history of Masaya Volcano and the volcanic belt in Nicaragua. You will also have the opportunity to handle volcanic rocks displayed in the museum.
Following this, your tour guide will drive you to the top of the volcano, where the parking lot and viewpoint are located. Here, they will point out the best spots for capturing stunning photos with the orange glow of lava in the background, which you can hear flowing underground. Due to the volcano’s activity, visitors are allowed to stay for 20 minutes.
Finally, you will be driven back to your hotel in Managua or Masaya.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- English-speaking driver/guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- English-speaking driver/guide
What's Not Included
- Drinks
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
- Drinks
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
Additional Information
- Begin this volcanic adventure by meeting the local tour guide at your hotel in Managua or Granada.
- The adventure lasts approximately 5 hours, including the round-trip drive to your hotel.
- Discover the historical events of Masaya Volcano and the fascinating workings of the lava belt, capturing amazing photos with the orange lava at Crater Santiago….
- Begin this volcanic adventure by meeting the local tour guide at your hotel in Managua or Granada.
- The adventure lasts approximately 5 hours, including the round-trip drive to your hotel.
- Discover the historical events of Masaya Volcano and the fascinating workings of the lava belt, capturing amazing photos with the orange lava at Crater Santiago.
- Capture breathtaking photos from Crater Comalito.
- Enjoy a walk at the hilltop viewpoint.
- Experience refreshing swimming or kayaking at the Laguna de Apoyo nature reserve.
- We can pick you up at the airport for only $10 per person additional
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
La Laguna de Apoyo
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.2
(16 Ratings)
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Dreamer53770391036
Mar 8, 2026
I ❤️ Nicaragua - I’m so glad we chose this tour, it was a great way to see Nicaragua’s natural beauty and Caesar was the best guide.
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Amy_p
Feb 2, 2026
Messiah Volcano is Wild - Our guide was awesome! Very patient and helped us get great pics. Definitely worth doing especially if you haven’t gotten a look up close to an active volcano.
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Grand024
Jan 24, 2024
Greta night tour - David is excellent guide ,English is perfect, volcano Masaya is amazing. Great experience at night , will recommend. Very professional guide
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Mario_s
Jun 22, 2022
Volcano Masaya - Great highlight in Nicaragua. - Whow, it was amazing to see the lava in an active volcano.
We did not see that before.
Our guides explained us a lot about volcanos and the country and gave us enough time to enjoy it. This private tour only for us was excellent. Muchos gracias to Mike and Gabriel.
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Noemematiasn
Apr 9, 2022
Spectacular volcano Masaya. - We went a little before sunset, so we saw the crater even by day, but when it's dark it's wonderful. You can see the magmatic chamber.
Everyone is amazed to be able to be literally face to face with a volcano.
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Travelizzyy
Jul 5, 2021
Unforgettable - The tour was great and we could see the lava well. Our guide Caleb was super friendly and did the tour very well. Highly recommended!
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Toni_m
Mar 10, 2020
I loved this! - Wonderful experience, the two guides were so pleasant and thoughtful. I am so glad I booked, they made sure I was happy, and had fun from beginning to end.
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Micarrofacil
Mar 3, 2020
Fun experience! - We took a 3hr tour from our hostel in Managua to see the Masaya volcano and also went to the Apoyo lagoon. The access to the main crater was closed but we hiked to a bay Volcano called El comalito. It was amazing and the trail called Coyote’s trail was interesting. Our guides were very informative and dynamic. I recommend them.
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Andi
Jan 21, 2023
🛑Don't Do It🛑 - Disappointing.
The provider neither responded to messages via TA nor was he reachable.
Not recommended!
By cab ($60) you can go to the viewpoint at the volcano, you just have to add the national park entrance fee ($10).
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Aquasven
Feb 20, 2020
Money for nothing - We booked and paid the masaya volcano night tour from Granada. A few hours before the trip started we got the information that the tour was cancelled without any reasons.
There was no eruption of the volcano so it was definitely not cancelled for safety reasons. We will try to get back our money now. It would be smarter not to offer tours that cannot be transacting by the tour operators. Sven Hofmann from Germany.
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